October 25th, 2010
Riomaggiore, the last village in Cinque Terre, is just as beautiful as the rest; however with different features that I found:
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| Painting in Riomaggiore |
A portrait randomly painted on a wall for no particular reason. It wasn't as if it was painted on a building, but the detail and size was amazing.
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| Riomaggiore Church |
This church in Riomaggiore, you could hear the church bells ringing but the it wasn't on the main road or near the main road; I had to walk up several stairs to get to this church and there was no one around, which is rare for Italy; usually there are hundreds of people taking pictures and mulling around.
It seemed a bit strange to take pictures of this (below), but I couldn't resist. After I got off the train in Riomaggiore, and really all the villages; there is a walkway or tunnel to get to the main village. In this circumstance, the "tunnel" was creatively decorated with hundreds of tile mosaics and this is one of the them. The mosaics went on for about 1km, amazing craftsmanship. I have several more if anyone would like to see them....let me know.
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| Tile mosaic in tunnel to Riomaggiore village |
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| Riomaggiore to Manarola |
It is said that the hikes in Cinque Terre are for advanced hikers except for the 1km trek from Riomaggiore to Manarola.
The start of the 1km hike from Riomaggiore to Manarola
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| Riomaggiore to Manarola with train |
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| Riomaggiore to Manarola - along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea |
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| Looking down towards Manarola |
You can see Manarola in the far distance in this picture and even the next village way way off in the distance.
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| Mediterranean Sea |
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| Manarola |
